: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
 SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
THE TEMPTATIONS / MILESTONE
2, 3. PRODUCED BY : BARRY EASTMAN
OTIS WILLIAMS
WRITTEN BY : NINA OSSOFF, JEFF FRANZEL & PORTER CARROLL
10. WAIT A MINUTE
 5:09  PERRY WILSON
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD VOCALS
11. CELEBRATE
 5:52  RICH YOUNG (PROGRAMMING)
LON FONTAINE, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE PRODUCERS OF THIS NEW ALBUM : WOKIE, BARRY EASTMAN, CIROCCO,
 "READY" FREDDIE WASHINGTON - BASS
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION : JOHNNY BRITT
FREDDIE RHONE, TREVOR LINDSEY, BOB TUCKER FOR HIS DEDICATION TO PERFECTION, AND BENJAMIN WRIGHT,
 PAUL JACKSON, JR. - GUITAR & SITAR
RECORDED AT : STUDIO MASTER, L.A., CA, SOUNDCASTLE STUDIO.GLENDALE, CA. & BUXER STUDIOS
4, 6, 7. PRODUCED BY : STEVE LINDSEY
WRITTEN BY : ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART
DEDICATION :
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : BARRY EASTMAN FOR EAST BAY MUSIC, INC.
 PAUL JACKSON, JR. - GUITAR
12. THE JONES' REMIX
 6:27
 KHRIS KELLOW - BACKGROUND VOCALS, ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION & DRUM PROGRAMMING
OUR FRIEND ALWAYS, BUT MOST OF ALL, A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
 BRANDON FIELDS - SAXOPHONE
RECORDING ENGINEERS : PETER MCCABE, BRAD BUXER & TRACY CHISOLM
8. PRODUCED BY : TREVOR LAWRENCE & FREDDIE RHONE
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART
WRITTEN BY : ANDY GOLDMARK & KIT HANE
9. PRODUCED BY : RON TYSON
 RICHARD STREET - VOCALS : TENOR, BARITONE
 RON TYSON - VOCALS : TENOR, FALSETTO
RECORDED AT : PONDEROSA STUDIO, ENICINO, CA
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : STEVE LINDSEY
RECORDED AT :
THE VILLAGE RECORDER L.A.,CA., STEVE LINDSEY STUDIO, L.A., CA, STUDIO 55, L.A., CA & STUDIO U, CULVER CITY, CA
GROUND CONTROL STUDIO
RECORDING ENGINEERS : LEE ANN UNGER, AIRIQ ANEST, RICHARD KAPLAN & ELLIOT PETERS
MIXED BY : LEE ANN UNGER AT BLUE PALM STUDIO, STUDIO CITY, CA
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 STEVE LINDSEY - KEYBOARDS & DRUM PROGRAMMING
 KHRIS KELLOW - KEYBOARDS & DRUM PROGRAMMING
 JOHN BARNES - KEYBOARDS
IN JUNE OF 1991, WE LOST ONE OF THE TRUE ARCHITECTS AND TREMENDOUS TALENTS OF THE TEMTATIONS,
RECORDED AT :
 THE TEMPTATIONS IS :
 MISA - GET READY RAP
 STEVE LINDSEY - DRUM PROGRAMMING
MANAGEMENT : SHELLEY BERGER / BILLIE BULLOCK STAR DIRECTION
 LENNY CASTRO - TAMBOURINE
MIXED BY : BOBBY BROOKS AT SUMMA STUDIOS, L.A., CA
 JAMES GADSON - DRUMS
 5. THE JONES'
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
MIX ENGINEERS : RICK CAMPFIELD & ROY TYSON
TEMPTATIONS, THE / MILESTONE / 1991
10. PRODUCED BY : OTIS WILLIAMS & VICTOR CARST
MR. DAVIS (DAVID) ELI RUFFIN.
SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER, WE ALSO LOST THE LATE, GREAT MR. PAUL WILLIAMS, ANOTHER TREMENDOUS TALENT
EAST BAY STUDIO, TARRYTOWN, N.Y., SANDBOX STUDIO, EASTN, CT., SOUNDTRACK STUDIO, N.Y.C.& BLUE PALM STUDIOS, STUDIO CITY, CA
RECORDING ENGINEERS : EARL COHEN & BOB TUCKER
 DEAN PARKES - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
ART DIRECTION : STEPHEN MELTZER
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 10. WAIT A MINUTE
RECORDING ENGINEERS : RICK CLIFFORD & BOB TUCKER
11. PRODUCED BY : CIROCCO
 OTIS WILLIAMS - VOCALS : TENOR, BARITONE
 ALI-OLLIE WOODSON - VOCALS : BARITONE
 MUSICIANS :
MIXED AT : ENCORE RECORDING STUDIO, L.A., CA
WRITTEN BY : OTIS WILLIAMS, FREDDIE RHONE & ZACK VAZ
WRITTEN BY : OTIS WILLIAMS & CHAZ
 AIRIQ ANEST - DRUM PROGRAMMING
 8. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
MILESTONE :
MIXING ENGINEER - JOHN VAN NEST
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 RICH YOUNG - DRUM PROGRAMMING
 "BOKIE" - BASS
PHOTOGRAPHY : AARON RAPAPORT
WRITTEN BY : ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART
WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEMTATIONS VELVETY SMOOTH CHOREOGRAPHY AND DISTINCTIVE SOUND.
WE THE TEMPTATIONS WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS ALBUM, OUR 50TH, TO THEIR LOVING MEMORIES.
MIXED BY : EARL COHEN AT SANDBOX STUDIOS, EASTON, CT
DESIGN : KAIE WELLMAN
RHYTHM ARRANGEMENT BY : ERIC REHL
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
4. WE SHOULD BE MAKIN' LOVE
 4:08  JAMES GADSON
WRITTEN BY : WILLIAM ROBINSON
 PERRY WILSON - DRUMS
 GREG MOORE - GUITAR
PERRY WILSON, KERRY TURMAN, GREG MOORE, GREG DATKINS, BRIAN CHUBB AND BOB WILLIAMS, OUR BUS DRIVER,
RECORDING ENGINEERS : LEE ANN UNGER, AIRIQ ANEST, RICHARD COTTRELL, RICHARD KAPLAN & ELLIOT PETERS
Release Year : 1991
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT AFTER BURSTING ONTO THE MUSIC SCENE IN THE EARLY 60'S,
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD VOCALS
SPECIAL THANKS :
 BARRT EASTMAN - KEYBOARDS
ASSISTANT RECORDING ENGINEERS : OTIS WILLIAMS & VICTOR CARSTARPHEN
 CIROCCO - ELECTRIC PIANO, SYNTHS & GUITAR
STYLISTE : JEFFREY GARDNER
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART
MAKE-UP : ROBIN LYNCH & PATRICK DE FONTBRUNE
RECORDED AT : PONDEROSA STUDIO, ENICINO, CA
WE, THE TEMPTATIONS WOULD STILL BE PERFORMING TO AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE 31 YEARS LATER.
WITH GOD'S BLESSING WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED OUR LATEST PROJECT.
 ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART - ALL INSTRUMENTS & ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND VOCALS
 2. ANY OLD LOVIN' (JUST WON'T DO)
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : FREDDIE RHONE & LIONEL RANDOLPH
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
WE THE TEMPTATIONS, LIVE FOR OUR FANS AND FRIENDS.
AND AS WE SING IN HOOPS OF FIRE, "...SOME THINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE, CAUSE SOME FOLKS NEVER TRY...".
 BARRT EASTMOND - ADDITIONAL KEYBOARDS
 3. HOOPS OF FIRE
7. CORNER OF MY HEART
 4:05  AIRIQ ANEST, STEVE LINDSEY & KHRIS KERROW (PROGRAMMING)
RECORDING ENGINEERS : AIRIQ ANEST, DAVID SCHOBER & GAVE VELTRI
RECORDING ENGINEER : RICK CAMPFIELD
 BRANDON FIELDS - SAXOPHONE SOLO
JHERYL BUSBY, FOR STILL BELIEVING IN US. STEVE, "DON'T LET'EM KILL YA" MICKEEVER, THE TEMPTS FRIENDS ALWAYS,
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 STEVE LINDSEY - PIANO & SYNTHS
WRITTEN BY : ARLENE BRITT, JOHNNY BRITT & NOAM KANIEL
THIS, THE MILESTONE ALBUM, IS THE 50TH ADDITION TO THE TEMPTATIONS CATALOG.
AND TRIBULATIONS, FOR THERE WERE TRULY SOME DARK DAYS.
LIKE A PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES, WE WERE ALWAYS ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
 STEVE FERRONE - DRUMS
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : TREVOR LAWRENCE & FREDDIE RHONE
RECORDED & MIXED BY : BOB TUCKER AT BLUE PALM STUDIO, STUDIO CITY, CA
MIXED AT : ENCORE RECORDING STUDIO, L.A., CA
FEW PERFORMERS GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THE LONGEVITY TO LAST EVEN HALF AS LONG AS WE HAVE.
WRITTEN BY : IAN FOSTER, JOLYON SKINNER & BARRY EASTMAN
THE TEMPTATIONS / MILESTONE
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
 ERIC REHL - SYNTH PROGRAMMING
 RUSSELL BURT - COMPUTER & SYNTHS PROGRAMMER
SO WHEN ZACK SUGGESTED MILESTONE AS THE ALBUM TITLE, IT HAD JUST THE RIGHT SOUND, JUST THE RIGHT MEANING.
 SONG TRACKS :
MIXING ENGINEER - JOHN VAN NEST
WRITTEN BY : ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD VOCALS
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO :
 STEVE KROON - PERCUSSION
 4. WE SHOULD BE MAKIN' LOVE
REMIX & ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION : BOB JONES & RAY HAYDEN FOR OPAZ PRODUCTIONS
 SCOTT MAYO - SAXOPHONE SOLO
 12. THE JONES' REMIX
WE COME FROM AN ERA IN RECORDING WHEN THE STUDIO WAS SMALL, WAS IN DETROIT,
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : BARRY EASTMAN FOR EAST BAY MUSIC, INC.
OUR MANAGEMENT, STAR DIRECTION : SHELLEY BERGER, BILLIE BULLOCK, AND THERON "PIMP DADDY" DERRICK.
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TEMPTATIONS, THE / SURFACE THRILLS / 1983
THE TEMPTATIONS / MILESTONE / BACK COVER
1, 5. PRODUCED BY : ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART
THE TEMPTATIONS / MILESTONE / COVER
 1. EENIE, MEENIE, MIINIE, MOE
 AIRIQ ANEST - SONIC MATRIX ASSEMBLY
 7. CORNER OF MY HEART
AS LONG AS WE HAVE OUR FANS AND FRIENDS WE WILL CONTINUTE TO TRY TO REACH NEW MILE STONES!
9. DO IT EASY
 4:48
MIXING ENGINEER - JOHN VAN NEST
ALL OF THE TEMPTETION'S FAMILIES. CHOLLY ATKINS, BETTER KNOWN AS "THE FOOT" AND HIS WONDERFUL WIFE, MAY.
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : CIROCCO
DISCOGRAPHY
 CREDITS :
 MELVIN FRANKLIN - VOCALS : BASS
 JEFFREY PORCARO - TAMBOURINE & DRUM OVER DUB
 HOWIE RICE - DRUM PROGRAMMING
RECORDING ENGINEERS : EARL COHEN
GREG HUNT AND VERNETTA R. JENKINS, AND OUR ATTORNEYS : ABE SOMER AND JILL BERLINER.
WRITTEN BY : STEVE LINDSEY, STEVE KIPNER & ANDY GOLDMARK
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : RON TYSON
CO-PRODUCED BY : BOB FARRELL
5. THE JONES'
 4:28  ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART (PROGRAMMING)
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : STEVE LINDSEY
BECAUSE HE ALWAYS HAS OUR LIVES IN HIS HANDS. OUR HAIRSTYLISTS : PAT HARRISON, BRIDGET ELLISON,
MIXED BY : LEE ANN UNGER AT BLUE PALM STUDIO, STUDIO CITY, CA
NOW, HERE WE ARE 3,000 MILES AWAY, RECORDING ON STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT,
ASSISTANT RECORDING ENGINEER : JIM KUORIAK
2. ANY OLD LOVIN' (JUST WON'T DO)
 4:18  ERIC REHL (PROGRAMMING)
REMIXED AT OPAZ STUDIOS, LONDON
 DANNY G. - KEYBOARDS
 LYNNE FIDDMONT LINSEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
TOP PAGE
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE TEMPTATIONS ROAD CREW AND RHYTHM SECTION FOR THEIR UNYIELDING SUPPORTE :
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : STEVE LINDSEY
 LIONEL RANDOLPH - KEYBOARDS, DRUM PROGRAMMING
IN WORLD CLASS STUDIOS AND USING FORTY-EIGHT TARCKS.
COMPLETING ALBUMS IN LESS THAN 90 DAYS.
ANOTHER TRUE MILESTONE. WE HAVE TRAVELED MANY PATHS AROUND THE WORLD, AND IN OUR TRAVELS MET,
MIXED BY : ROEY SHAMIR FOR INFX PRODUCTIONS AT SOUNDTRACK STUDIO, N.Y.
WRITTEN BY : RON TYSON, BOB FARRELL & BOBBY SMITH
3. HOOPS OF FIRE
 5:28  STEVE FERRONE
JOEY GAETO, ROB "DRAGON" HOGAN, DON "CHUCKY" PEAKE, KIM FIELDS, JOHNNY BRITT, VIC CARSTAPHEN,
RECORDED AT : STEVE LINDSEY STUDIO, L.A., CA, THE VILLAGE RECORDER L.A.,CA STUDIO 55. L.A., CA & STUDIO U. CULVER CITY, CA
 WAH WAH WATSON - GUITAR
 9. DO IT EASY
COUNTLESS NEW FRIENDS AND FANS.
 ERIC REHL - DRUM PROGRAMMING, KEYBOARDS, SYNTHS
6. GET READY
 4:29  JEFF (TAMBOURINE & DRUM OVERDUB), KHRIS KELLOW (PROGRAMMING)
RECORDED AT : STUDIO MASTER, L.A., CA & THE RED ZONE, BURBANK, CA
RECORDED AT : STEVE LINDSEY STUDIO, L.A., CA, THE VILLAGE RECORDER L.A.,CA., WESTLAKE STUDIO, L.A.,CA & GROUND CONTROL STUDIO
 VICTOR CARSTARPHEN - KEYBOARDS
GENE GADDY & ASSOCIATES AND HOWARD "BUTCH" JACKSON FOR HELPING US LOOK OUR BEST.
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
8. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
 5:11  FREDDIE RHONE & LIONEL RANDOLPH (PROGRAMMING)
MIXED AT : IMAGE RECORDING STUDIO, L.A., CA
ASSISTANT RECORDING ENGINEERS : JOE MCGRATH & GREG GRILL
MIXED AT : THE RED ZONE, BURBANK, CA
 KERRY TURMAN - BASS
 11. CELEBRATE
SUZEE IKEDA AND ZACK VAZ FOR HIS LISTENING EAR AND FOR BEING A GOOD COMINUCATOR.
Session Volume : 1
Producers :
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR MANY FRIENDS AND FANS WHO HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED US THROUGH OUR TRIALS
 MIKE "DINO" CAMPBELL - GUITAR
VOCAL ARRANGEMENT BY : JOHNNY BRITT
 THE TEMPTATIONS - LEAD VOCALS
A & R ASSISTANTS : GAYLE WOODARD, GAYLE ESPOSITO & VERNETTA JENKINS
SALES DATE : 1991.
RECORDING ENGINEERS : RICK CLIFFORD & BOB TUCKER
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : OTIS WILLIAMS & VICTOR CARST ARPHEN
RECORDED & MIXED BY : BOB TUCKER AT BLUE PALM STUDIO, STUDIO CITY, CA
Song Tracks : T
AND WAS DONE ENTIRELY ON A TWO-TRACK RECORDER.
RECORDING WOULD HAVE TO STOP EVERY TIME THE BATHROOM COMMODE WAS FLUSHED DURING SESSIONS.
RECORDED AT : EAST BAY STUDIO, TARRYTOWN, N.Y. & BLUE PALM STUDIOS, STUDIO CITY, CA
ON DRUMS
1. EENIE, MEENIE, MIINIE, MOE
 4:05  ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART (PROGRAMMING)
 ALTON "WOKIE" STEWART - ALL INSTRUMENTS & ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND VOCALS
 6. GET READY
ENGINEER : RAY HAYDEN
 ALICE ECHOLS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
OUR BUSINESS MANAGERS : EDWIN LOMBARD V, JOE D'OLIVEIRA, ERROL COLLIER, VANESSA ROHDES,
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
 FREDDIE RHONE - BASS, KEYBOARDS, DRUM PROGRAMMING
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